Swedish company sues Apple over QuickPath and the iOS home screenThe suit was launched by Swedish company Neonode...
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Apple is being sued over two of its iOS features.
Neonode, a Swedish company, says it has patented QuickPath and slide-to-unlock.
The plaintiff wants damages and a permanent injunction preventing further use.
Apple is being sued by a Swedish company over two iOS features Neonode says it holds patents for.
As reported by AppleInsider:
A Swedish company named Neonode has filed a lawsuit claiming that Apple features like QuickPath and slide-to-unlock infringe on its patents.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, claims that Apple's gesture-based iOS navigation and QuickPath typing features directly are in direct infringement of Neonode's intellectual property.
The two patents cited in the suit pertain to "gestured-based interactions with touch-sensitive displays" and "tap-activatable icons."
According to the report, the patents were granted in 2012, h...
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Swedish company sues Apple over QuickPath and the iOS home screen
